Overview
- Senator Flávio Bolsonaro announced on X that Jair Bolsonaro chose him to carry forward their political project.
- PL chairman Valdemar Costa Neto confirmed the designation and emphasized Jair Bolsonaro’s continued sway inside the party.
- The party’s official presidential nominee will be selected by PL delegates next year ahead of the October 2026 vote.
- Jair Bolsonaro remains imprisoned after a Supreme Court conviction in September for leading a planned coup, is serving just over 27 years, and is barred from office until 2030.
- Flávio posted his statement after visiting his father at Federal Police headquarters in Brasília, as the right weighs alternatives previously floated such as São Paulo governor Tarcísio de Freitas and faces an expected reelection bid by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.